Board of Supervisors — 2020-05-05

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I will call to order the May 5th, 2020 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Mr. Williams? Here. Ms. Hartman? Here! Mr. Adams? Is Mr. Adams here? Thank you. And Mr. Lavinino?

Here.

Chair Hart?

The next item of business is the approval of the minutes of April 21st, 2020 meeting. Is there any discussion? Is there a motion to approve the minutes? Move approval.

Motion's been made, is there a second? And seconded. Would the clerk please call the roll?

Mr. Williams? Aye. Ms. Hartman? Aye. Mr. Adam? Aye Mr. Lavinino?

Aye

Chair Hart?

Aye

Motion passes unanimously

CEO Miyasato, is there a CEO report today?

Yes, there is Chair and Supervisors. I'm pleased to share with the Board that our Public Works Director Scott McGulpin has been installed as President of the National Association of County Engineers or NACE and his term will run through April 2021. NACE, as some of you know, is a non-profit, nonpartisan professional association representing county road officials and related professionals in the U.S. and Canada In the U.S., local roads account for about 75% of highways and roads, equivalent to about 3 million miles. As President, Scott will be engaging with state and federal policy makers and stakeholders to ensure county road infrastructure receives attention needed to provide our nation—and especially Santa Barbara County—with a safe, reliable transportation network.

Scott has been with the county since 1998 and serves, has served as our Public Works Director since 2007. And Scott if you could come to this chair over here and want to say a few words?

Congratulations Mr. McAulpin that is a really well deserved recognition for a lifetime career supporting local streets and roads.

Mr. Chair thank you very much board members thank you it's an honor to represent the County of Santa Barbara at the national level and I look forward to making all of you very proud so thank you.

Thank you, this is a really interesting time with all the discussion about potential infrastructure legislation. You're in a great leadership position to help. Supervisor Williams? Well, I was going to

say though streets and roads might be as bread and butter. And since you worked for many years for SB CAG of course that's what you think of. But public works man it's so much more these days they are front and center the department front and center in the fight against climate change. They have to somehow make sure that we can dispose of our waste without any more room to do so. And they really have Don Yeoman's work to protect us during the fire and flood. And in its aftermaths of both fires, to make sure that our flood control system remains within capacity and we don't get exposed to danger. So Yeoman's work from you and your team and really appreciate it from the people of the first district. Thank you Supervisor Williams. Supervisor Hartner?

Yes, I just wanted to add that I hadn't anticipated but the most calls like yet as a supervisor have to do with roads and sidewalks and bike lanes. And yours is a most responsive department and you do us proud and congratulations it's an honor for us all.

Supervisor Adams or Lavinia?

Thank you Mr. Chair, and I think all of us have probably gone on trips to Washington DC to lobby our national leaders. And I can tell you that you're in good hands with Scott McGaulpin because he's so well connected, knows not just the elected officials to go to. We all know we need to go talk to our congressmen or our senators. Scott knows the people behind the scenes, his many years of working at BEAT has put him in touch with I guess the real decision makers and the people that make the decisions behind the scenes. And Scott will lead you down into a basement, and you end up finding somebody that actually knows how to get the job done. So always appreciated my relationship with Scott not to mention One of the most responsive department heads that we have, if not the most responsive.

Anytime I fire off an email, I get an answer immediately and it's a real help to our constituents. Also want to point out that while today we're talking about Scott, many of our department heads have taken leadership roles at the state level or national level and The quality of the professional leadership that we have in this county, that other counties throughout the state and throughout the country look to Santa Barbara County for leadership both at the state and national level. So hats off to Scott and all of our department heads.

Thank you Supervisor Leaveny. Now Supervisor Adam?

Congratulations Scott.

Thank you. Madam Clerk are there any announcements or changes to our agenda today?

Chair Hart and members of the board, I just have a couple quick announcements this morning. I would like to remind members of the public we have alternative methods of participation in our board meetings as stated on our agenda on page two, we have three options for participating in our board meetings. The public can submit public comment letters emails to the SBCOB at countyofsb.org email address, and if members of the public would like that read into the record we are requesting that those requests come in prior to five the day prior to our hearings. Additionally, we have public participation by phone and that should be scrolling on top of your screen, and if you please call 805 Additionally, we did receive a withdrawal memo.

From the Planning and Development Department regarding departmental item number seven on our agenda today. This is a hearing from planning development to consider recommendations regarding Santa Rita Valley Ag Inc, Cannabis Cultivation Appeal case number 19 APL 32. And this is in the third district. And, uh, this has been posted online and as well been distributed to the board and we will address this request when we get to the department item number seven.

Thank you madam clerk.

agenda? Uh,

A7. Any requests to pull in Santa Maria?

Yeah. A two and a three, please.

Thank you. Would the clerk please read item a two into the record?

Chair Hart and members of the board department or administrative item number two is from Supervisor Hart. It is to adopt a resolution proclaiming the month of May 2020 as Water Awareness Month in Santa Barbara County.

Supervisor Adam.

Well, I just take offense at the sentence in there about recurring droughts in Santa Barbara County are more likely with the impacts of climate change. So I'm just going to abstain on this.

OK, thank you. I guess we'll just take this item separately. Is there a motion to approve this item?

So moved.

Motion's been made. Is there a second? Second. Roll call please.

Mr. Williams? Aye. Ms. Hartman? Aye. Mr. Adam?

Abstain.

Mr. Lavinino?

Aye

Chair Hart?

Aye

Motion passes four with one abstention.

Thank you, will the clerk please read item A3 into the record?

Chair Hart and members of the board administrative item number three is from Supervisor Hart and Supervisor Hartman it is to adopt a resolution recognizing the critical work of the 805 undocu fund

I

just need a roll call vote. Okay,

is there any comments to this item or motion?

I Just would like to commend all of those who are involved in this essential workers who are providing our food and Need support from our community

Thank You supervisor Hartman is there a motion to approve this item

so move

second motions been made and seconded roll call please

mr. Williams

Aye.

Ms Hartman? Aye. Mr Adam?

Abstain.

Mr Lavinino?

Aye.

Chair Hart? Aye Motion passes 4 to 1 abstention.

And then item A7

Chair Hart, members of the board. Administrative item number seven is from community services. It is to consider recommendations regarding the acceptance of COVID-19 relief funding for county arts and culture nonprofit organizations. And there is a forfeits vote required on this item.

Supervisor Hartman? Thank you. I think your microphone...

Wanted to acknowledge the Santa Barbara Foundation and maybe ask Sarah to just say a little bit about this or the process.

And this is a process where we're extremely grateful for the Santa Barbara Foundation's leadership and financial support. And this funding would not be coming from their COVID relief, but from their general endowment to match with the Bowles Art Subsidy Fund which is $50,000 from fiscal year 2019 for the art subsidy. And the Arts Commission, we make sure there's a commissioner from every district to oversee a relief grant to arts and culture nonprofits for general operating support throughout the county.

And this will be in two phases because we're also hoping for more NEA relief funds to disperse coming down the line too. And we're just incredibly excited to provide some support just to help the folks keep their doors open so that they can be open still when things are allowed.

Thank you, these are critical organizations and again, we all appreciate Santa Barbara Foundation for helping in this way.

Thank you for sharing the good news. Do we need a separate roll call for this item? I don't think so. Is everyone okay? Yeah, let's have a motion to approve the balance of the administrative agenda.

So moved. Second.

Motion has been made and seconded. Any discussion? All those or excuse me Madam Clerk could you please call the roll?

Mr. Williams?

Aye.

Ms. Hartman? Aye. Mr. Adam?

Aye

Aye.

Chair Hart? Aye. Motion passes unanimously.

Now is the time for members of the public to speak on items that are not on the agenda. Are there any requests to speak at this time?

Yes, Chair Hart and members of the board we have excuse me 13 requests to speak on general public comment today and we are going to begin on the phone with Deborah Bee to be followed by a letter to be read into the record

This ordinance revised and amended significant sections of the county telecommunications code in favor of the telecommunications industry. This ordinance removed the protection to residents from 5G radiation by allowing small cell wireless facilities in all zones including residential. The same ordinance also deletes the section that puts the burden of proof on telecommunication providers to show a significant gap in coverage. The very need for the facilities themselves.

It is truly time that this culture of greed reverts back to a culture of needs. In addition, I understand there was also the removal of a planning commission permitting process for any small cell facilities. On behalf of the residents of Oregon and Santa Barbara County I can attest that no one wants to be blasted 24-7 by 5G radiation from a small tower in front of their home. We therefore ask that you impose a moratorium on small cells and other wireless infrastructure permit processes and deployment until the COVID-19 emergency is over. Please see the additional documentation submitted. We request getting on your agenda and meeting with your attorneys to collaborate and write the moratorium, and to modify County Ordinances 5093-5094 5095 and resolution 19-319 passed December 10th, 2019.

We look forward to revising amending the Santa Barbara County Code in favor of the residents of this county into a bright future that involves smart planning and those possibilities of fiber optics. Only then can we move forward as one county, one future. Thank you very much for your time.

We will now go to a letter written by Mariah Clegg. In this time of crisis surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, it is unsurprising that the prisoners of Lompoc Federal Prison are witnessing the most extreme miscarriages of public responsibility in the county. As leaders of our county community we implore you to stand as our allies to advocate for the basic human rights of prisoners in Lompoc.

We ask for your help in working with the Santa Barbara Public Health Department to create a health equity task force, to hire a cultural competency director and to outfit prisoners and prison personnel with adequate personal protective equipment and hand sanitizer. We ask for your help in working with the warden of Lompoc to ensure that prison personnel who are displaying symptoms of COVID stay home until they are well and to waive fees for phone calls. We asked for your help in lobbying for the release of prisoners Who are medically fragile, elders, non-violent and minor offenders. Adherents and advocates of the agreement to end hostilities and anyone within a year or two years of their release date. We ask for your help in advocating for expedited parole hearings and a reduction of jail admissions through the redirection of people to community based mental health and substance abuse treatment services.

These are just a few of the changes we hope we can count on you to implement. We look forward to future conversations wherein we can work together to end the moral crisis of mass incarceration in our county. Take care, Mariah Clay.

Thank you Ms. Clay.

Chair Hart and members of the board, we will now go to the phone for Anne O'Dell Thomas.

Good morning my name is Anne O'dell Thomas. In June of 2016, former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that 5G technology could generate tens of billions of dollars to benefit the U.S. telecom industry. He set the stage for complete disregard of standards and regulations for the deployment of wireless technology. Fast forward to 2020. Wireless industry operates with little or no oversight causing negative consequences environment, privacy and economy. Residents living near small and large cell towers experience debilitating health effects from the increased radiation and property values drop by at least 20%.

5G technology comes with increased surveillance and lack of personal privacy and freedom. We have the chance to be leaders in the field of communication in Santa Barbara and doing it in a way that will not harm our community, especially the ones most at risk including children and elderly people. I urge the Board of Supervisors to create an immediate moratorium on all installations of large or small cell wired infrastructure and to work towards a protective ordinance If there is a gap in coverage, only phase-wired internet infrastructure should be allowed.

We request oversight of planning departments and commissions to halt approval of all applications and contracts for small and large facility wireless installation. We request getting on your agenda and meeting with our attorneys to collaborate to write the moratorium and modify County Ordinances 1593-1594

We will now go to public comment from Leslie Weinstock. You take an oath of office to protect the community, which includes our right to be safe from physical and mental injury, to enjoy a safe and clean environment, and to be free from government and corporate surveillance. 4G, 5G multiplies the amount of radiation we are exposed to by 10 to 100,000 times and is a threat to our health, safety, well-being, privacy and choice.

Peer reviewed studies link RF radiation to cancer, DNA damage, headaches, insomnia, fatigue. Cognitive impairment, depression and anxiety. Switzerland, Italy, France, Israel, Russia and China have set RF exposure limits 100 to 10,000 times less than the US. 4G, 5G adds huge financial cost to the county and creates multi-billion dollar financial gain to the telecom industry.

New wireless facilities are unnecessary and harmful. The simple solution? Fiber optic directly to our homes and offices. It's faster, more reliable, less susceptible to hacking with no health risks. We urge you to create an immediate moratorium on all wireless installations and create a protective ordinance. If there is a gap in coverage only safe wired internet infrastructure should be allowed. With strict oversight of the planning departments and commissions to halt approval of all applications and contracts for wireless installations.

We request to get on your agenda, and meet with your attorney and our attorneys to collaborate to write the moratorium and modify county ordinances 5093-5094-5095 and resolution 19-319 passed December 10th 2019. And this is from Leslie Weinstock, Physician Assistant.

Thank you Ms. Weinstock.

Chair Hart and members of the board we will now go to the phone with Miriam Lindbeck.

Good morning supervisors. This is Miriam Lindbeck from Santa Barbara and I request this letter be read into public record. I am the co-chair of 5GFreeSantaBarbara.org We urge you to collaborate with 5G Free Santa Barbara and your residents in the county on the drafting of a new and revised wireless communications ordinance, and to install an immediate moratorium on all wireless installations until number one, you have completed your due diligence on the untested for safety and known harms of radio frequency microwave radiation. And number two are informed of your options in both legal and technical 5G3 Santa Barbara has the science technology policy legal and medical information that you need to make truly informed decisions That could make this county a model for the rest of the state and quite critically would uphold your oath of office.

We request to be put on your agenda, to meet with your attorney and our legal team in a spirit of collaboration to draft the moratorium and modify County Ordinances 5093, 5094, 5095 and Resolution 19-319 passed December 10th 2019. We request a response within the next business day respectfully yours. Thank you, Miriam.

Thank you Miss Lindbeck.

We will now go to public comment from Jason Lehman DC Circuit Court ruling 18-229 renders all applications for the state of California incomplete. It vacates FC order 18-30, deregulation of SWTFs remanded to FCC. FCC failed to justify its determination that it is not in the public interest to require review of deployments. FCC did not adequately address the harms of deregulation.

FCC did not justify its portrayal of those harms as negligible. I have a tower one block from where I live. I have 13,000 millivolts measured in my studio. I have headaches, pain in my abdomen and can't sleep. Telecoms license it's wireless spectrum from the federal government that makes every SWTF planned for California a federal undertaking until such time As applicants for any SWTFs in California place evidence in the public record proving FCC has written its rules specific to SWTFs as a class and complete EA, EIS for nationwide deployment. Every SWTF application in California remains incomplete stopping all shot clocks.

Thank you.

Chair Hart, members of the board we will now go to the line with Kimmy Van Dyke. Hello

my name is Kimmy Van Dyke and I've lived in Santa Barbara for the last 20 years. Our mission is to advocate for a community where technology is both state-of-the-art and safe for all. Our website is 5gfreesantabarbara.org Please join our email list and register for our Community Zoom meeting happening tomorrow night, Wednesday May 6th at 6pm. We are meeting monthly on the first Wednesdays and invite you to join a subcommittee. Email us at hello at 5gfreesantabarbara.org to volunteer!

Join our growing Facebook group with over 450 members. Nextdoor.com group page and subscribe to our YouTube channel, all listed under 5G Free Santa Barbara. The peer-reviewed published science contains thousands of studies that link EMS to our skyrocketing adult and child cancers, diabetes, autism, ADD, infertility, Alzheimer's, genotoxicity, and neurotoxicity. No studies have proven that this technology is safe, yet there are thousands of studies showing that it is very harmful. Small and large cell wireless facilities are being installed in our neighborhoods, near businesses and schools. We need to work together to stop this.

RF radiation exposure causes insomnia, headaches, nose bleeds, skin irritation, nausea, heart problems, fatigue Brain fog, behavior issues, anger, depression, anxiety and suicide. Thankfully many symptoms resolve when we replace wireless signals with hardwired connections and even turning the Wi-Fi off at night while we sleep is a great start. We want to collaborate with you to create and enact an immediate moratorium on all wireless infrastructure installation And modify current ordinances that are not protective to our health, safety environment and privacy. Thank you.

Thank you Ms. Vondek.

And we will now go to Katie Mickey on the line.

Dear

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. 5G3 Santa Barbara has been in dialogue with you, our County Board of Supervisors through private meetings January 17th through April 1st 2020 for the purposes of educating you on the biological harms incurred by 4G-5G technology and ask your support in safeguarding us, your constituents. We were told that you would support having our lawyer meet with yours This Saturday, we learned that on December 10th 2019 the County Board of Supervisors passed agreements with the telecom industry to deregulate the installation of wireless telecom facilities without public input.

We are stunned to hear this transgression of our public trust. The non-thermal effects of RFR have been substantiated by thousands of peer reviewed studies which prove harms caused by non ionizing radiation The FCC has not and does not plan to produce one single safety study. There is no insurance company that will cover any potential harms from this wireless technology.

Swiss RE pronounced the technology potentially as problematic as a bestos, which bankrupted so many firms that the Bestos Trust Fund was formed from which injured parties can seek compensation. To whom can our residents seek compensation when they incur biological harms. We want to collaborate with you and enact an immediate moratorium on all wireless infrastructure installations, and modify current ordinances that are not protective to our health, safety, environment, and privacy.

I'm Katie Mickey, and I'm the director of the Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute. Thank you for taking my public comment.

Thank you Miss Mickey.

And Chair Hart, members of the board we will now go to Andy Caldwell on the phone. Andy, go ahead.

Members of the board, this is Andy Caldwell representing COLAB. I've been getting press releases from the organization REACH. I think we got them yesterday announcing what the governor was planning to do and referencing both the San Luis Obispo County and Santa Barbara counties as partners in their effort I think there's some outstanding people on the REACH initiative, and I also have seen some people that I believe were appointed here locally to help see that our county gets reopened.

And I appreciate that. I'm not asking to be on either one of those committees, but I do ask for the board to clarify if in fact they have actually officially appointed Any of these members, how they were appointed and whether or not their meetings are subject to the Brown Act if in fact you are treating them as an official committee or sanction committee by the Board of Supervisors.

So we'd appreciate a clarification on that again I think there may be more than one effort out there. We're a little bit confused as you know, I watch the board's agenda every week and I've never seen the appointment or any information about the meetings and if they are the people you're going to rely on for advice we want to follow and track that meeting so thank you very much.

Thank You Mr. Caldwell

And we will now go to Sonia Connors on the phone

Good morning, my name is Sonya Connors. I hope you are all well. I'm speaking today because I'm deeply concerned about the quick unregulated and unsafe installation of 5G facilities throughout Santa Barbara County. It's ironic that residents are forced through a complex permitting system to renovate their houses yet the installation of 5G technology with unproven safety can be installed without local oversight.

Cities, counties and even other countries are placing moratoriums on this 5G technology until their dangers can be determined and regulated. 5G is shown to be very different from 4G, and the close proximity to schools, daycares, senior facilities, and homes with nearby and constant emission of dangerous radiation needs to be addressed immediately. The detrimental effects of 5G is only one aspect of the problems with 5G as lack of personal privacy and freedom are extremely important issues as well.

Santa Barbara has been on the forefront of environmental movements in so many ways and can continue to be for this critical issue. I request an immediate moratorium, and that the county supervisors and attorneys meet with the 5G Free Santa Barbara group to collaborate to find ways to keep our community safe. Thank you very much.

Thank You Ms. Connors

And we will now go to our final speaker on the phone and that's Mark Schatillo

Good morning, members of the board. This is Mark Shatillo. I wanted to note that today is the anniversary of the start of the Hesed Cedar Fire 11 years ago so we don't lose track of the importance of fire preparation and emergency services but I wanted to take this moment to address a comment some comments that were made two weeks ago at the West Coast hearing where some board members expressed a lack of understanding about a key study concerning terpene taint where there is contamination of grapes from terpenes from adjacent agricultural products. And I wanted to just take a moment to explain the study and why it is significant to our efforts here in Santa Barbara as we try to address these issues.

Dr. Capone published a peer-reviewed study addressing terpene taint from eucalyptus trees as a surrogate for cannabis, and that's why it's relevant for us. Can't the terpene involved in 1-8-cineol or eucalyptol? And what this study showed was that there is a linear relationship between distance and contamination exclusively from airborne contamination of terpenes. That is, terpene generated from the eucalyptus trees causing contamination and being detectable in the grapes as they were adjacent to the eucalyptus trees. And the further away you got from the trees, the less the concentration became. The study also examined the effect of matter other than grapes which includes both the leaves and the stems of the grape plants as well as eucalyptus bark.

As a separate part of that study concluded that the existence of MOG in the bins of grapes also contributed to contamination I think it's important that the board understand that this study does establish that there is a linear relationship. And it also noted that the recognition levels for terpene contamination in Australian wines was between 2.6 and 3.4 parts per billion, so very low concentration. So that's what we know. What we don't know are the specifics about cannabis grows, what are the emissions factors What varieties, how different varieties and different sizes of grows.

What cumulative effect of multiple grows mean in terms of the potential for contamination of our wines, grapes that are being used to grow our wine? And then with that information what are the appropriate buffers? What are other techniques that can be used to prevent contamination? What sort of safe harbors do we have? I want the Board to understand that this is a documented phenomenon.

It's not just limited to MOG contamination, but also purely airborne transmission.

Mr. Shatillo, your time is up, Mr. Shatillo. I don't know if you can hear me. I know

that the board has directed the Ag Commissioner and Director Plowman to investigate this issue and it's being done so I wanted to just highlight the significance of this issue. Mr. Shatillo? Yeah. The Chair has a comment for you.

I'm sorry Mark your time is up. Thank you

though. I could not hear that.

Thank you. Thank you. And that is our last- Mr Chair? Yes, Supervisor Labanino?

Yes Chair Hart and members of the board that was our first speaker.

I think Supervisor Labanino is speaking or

is it? I just was going to see if, I think I may have been the one that caused the confusion about the working group and so I had made a post that used the wrong term appointed instead of invited Some folks from the community, so I think it's important if we kind of clear that with Mr. Gazzone as far as what that group is and just letting folks know what the status of that working group is that Mr. Caldwell had talked about.

Mr. Ghazani, did you want to comment now or we can do it as part of the COVID-19 presentation? Chair,

we're just gesturing that this is scheduled to be discussed as part of the COVID presentation and we

had

coordinated closely with the CEO's office on this item to ensure compliance.

So we'll cover that on that item. Thank you. Supervisor Williams.

Thank you, Mr Chair. I since we already voted on it and there was a comment about the increased level of danger for prisoners during the covid crisis, I thought it would be appropriate to ask the sheriff or Chief Waslowski. I think that's him. I can't completely tell with the size of his face shield but um the uh you know It's also greater dangerous for the brave men and women.

That staff our correctional facilities, both are sworn peace officers and the non-sworn personnel. And I just wanted to invite the sheriff up to make a comment on National Correctional Officers Week which we just passed.

Sheriff

Brown?

Thank you Supervisor Williams and through the chair, appreciate the opportunity to just have a quick moment. I know you're doing these as honorary resolutions but because of The fact that our custody staff are really, as you say it, kind of the point of the spear on this. I just wanted to take a moment to bring to your attention the fact that they are continuing with their job that is normally a very difficult one. We like to say that they walk the toughest beat in the county.

They deal with some very rough customers, complex and difficult job under normal circumstances. But with the COVID-19 crisis, they have been put under even more strain and they have done absolutely fantastic job of working together to keep our jail safe to make sure that we don't have an outbreak of COVID- 19 in the jail facility. We've had several Staff members who have been stricken. We have had one inmate who has been stricken with COVID-19, but we've managed through very good efforts on their part and the part of our medical colleagues from WellPath who work side by side with our people in the jail to maintain a safe environment where that has not occurred as we've all seen in Lompoc what can happen if you have a contagion a correctional facility, we want to make sure that we do everything possible to prevent that.

But again it's not just what they've done in this effort, it's the day-to-day efforts that they continue to do and containing people who have committed serious crimes in our community. Protecting our community by doing that but at the same time they're working diligently to try to give the opportunities to people in our custody to turn their lives around and Some of the things that have happened and continue to happen are really a great credit to them and to their work. I particularly wanted to point out that since the COVID crisis, our inmates who are going through the STP program have made over 5,000 face shields for first responders.

They've refurbished masks that had deteriorated elastic straps The inmates themselves wanted to get into this, to work to help the community during this time as well. So I couldn't be prouder of the men and women who come to work every day and work in our facility. I know that you feel the same way. And I just wanted to take a moment publicly to say thank you to all of them and to their families for supporting them as they do this very important work in our community.

Thank you, Sheriff Brown. Supervisor Williams?

Just on a personal note in case there's folks watching this that have a lot of the negative preconceptions about correctional officers that I had when I was a teenager. I was some ways a real typical young brown man with a chip on my shoulder and good reasons to have chips on my shoulder but and a lot of negative preconceptions until one Santa Barbara County I'm going to At our jail are compassionate, thoughtful, dedicated people who do great work under sometimes very negative circumstances and should be celebrated.

Thank you Supervisor Williams. Supervisor Hartman?

A couple of things. First of all, thank you Sheriff Brown for being here and thank you to your officers in our jail. I know that you're always looking for recruits and the esprit de corps among your officers is really commendable. Later, I would like to ask some questions about the inmates and the opportunities they have to communicate and how that compares to the Lompoc prison.

But I think that needs to wait probably for D1 on our agenda. But i did want to ask about the 5G and Mr. Gazzone could you describe what the county's authority is in

Chair and supervisors, this is an area, telecoms is an area heavily regulated by the federal government both through the Telecommunications Act of 1996. And more recently through the Federal Communication Commission's small cell order in September 2018 concerning radio frequency emissions. which some of the commenters had discussed today. That's an area where both the state and local governments are expressly preempted from regulating the placement, construction or modification of wireless facilities on the basis of radio frequency emissions To the extent that those facilities comply with FCC standards.

And we did have a listening meeting back on March 6th, which seems so long ago, with Julian Gresser who's one of the attorneys for 5G. And it was a listening meeting by several attorneys in our county council office to several attorneys speaking on behalf of 5G Free Santa Barbara. So we listened, we got some ideas including on some ongoing litigation we have but this is an area where the board's latitude is very prescribed by federal law.

Thank you Mr. Gazzani

Chair Hart and members of the board, departmental item number one is from the county executive office. It is a hearing to consider recommendations regarding a coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19 update.

Welcome Dr. Doronoso. I believe you're going to make this presentation and if board members would just hold their questions until the end of Dr. Doronoso's presentation so that She can have a chance to give all of her information at once.

Good morning, thank you Chair. So yesterday, we heard some hopeful rays about the lessening of the current governor's stay at home shelter in home executive order. I want to start the conversation with a reminder about the resilience roadmap that our governor has laid out. So, stage one is the safety and preparedness. And essentially this is where we've been for the past few weeks making essential workforce environment as safe as possible.

The governor alluded to or did state that Friday, We will be moving towards stage two with lower risk workplaces. So this is where we will look at lower risk retail sectors to open and looking at perhaps school programs and some childcare reopening, And higher risk workplaces resuming and ending with stage four, with the total lifting of the stay home order.

So the governor said yesterday that Friday we will as a state move together into stage two so what that means is that When we move to stage two, it'll be a gradual process and it will only include certain industries. Expanded retail with curbside pickup and associated manufacturing and supply chains related to those retailers. So for example furniture stores, bookstores, clothing stores, florists, I'm just in time for Mother's Day.

Sporting goods, toys, shoes those are all going to become doable with again curbside pickup come Friday. What's not included at this time are offices because currently offices can telework. Dine-in restaurants and shopping malls However, the governor did share that certain counties based on data grouped together as a region can attest for acceleration through stage two. So what this means is that if we meet the state's readiness criteria, we can move quickly to other low risk businesses listed in stage two.

So how we get there is that counties must create and submit a readiness plan which will be publicly available, uploaded on foreseeably the CDPH website. And the attestation is basically a self-examination of our county and how ready we are and whether we have a containment plan in place. So on a call with CDPH, I jotted some notes. So that's why this is anticipated readiness indicators and it's preliminary because again these are my notes based on a phone conference.